Junkie (2012)

Junkie: Directed by Adam Mason. With Robert LaSardo, Daniel Louis Rivas, Tess Panzer, Tomas Boykin. Junkie is a pitch black comedy about two heavily addicted, drug addled brothers, Danny (Daniel Louis Rivas) and Nicky (Robert LaSardo). When Danny decides he’s going clean, Nicky reacts aggressively, driving Danny from one insane experience to another as a whole host of bizarre, surreal characters descend on their house, all with grievances to bear, debts to reclaim or trouble to cause. As Danny’s life spirals out of control he must fight tooth and nail to kick the habit and unfurl himself from the web of deceit his addiction has enveloped him in. While attempting to repair the deeply damaged relationships with his increasingly bizarre friends and family, he unwittingly exposes personal revelations that threaten to unravel his entire existence as he knows it.

“If you watch this, do so with an open mind, and I mean WIDE open.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s incredible. While I was watching it I had the thought in my mind of something I read quite recently where some well known voice had derided addiction as disease. He (at least I think it was a u0026#39;heu0026#39;) stated that addiction is not a disease as with addiction one can choose to give up at any time, whereas with disease one can not. I.e. If I am an alcoholic, then I can stop drinking and get well, with some will power and support perhaps. If I have cancer I canu0026#39;t simply decide not to have cancer any more. Although this is true in some cases, as in cancer, itu0026#39;s certainly not true of all cases. Addiction is a disease, same as cancer, only itu0026#39;s a different type of disease.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film takes a deep, raw look at addiction, from a very interesting perspective. Itu0026#39;s a kick in the face of the usual crap which deals with addiction.”